John M. Spencer

Private First Class John Melvin Spencer grave marker photo

World War II
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Fallen

County:
Sheridan

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Private First Class

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
28th Infantry Regiment

Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Germany

Biography:

John Melvin Spencer was born Monroe, Amherst County, Virginia on November 24, 1925, to Charles Melvin Spencer and Eva Susie Weeks Spencer. He was a resident of Sheridan, Mercer County, North Dakota when he entered the United State Army, Fort Snelling, Minnesota on March 30, 1944.  He served European African Middle Eastern Theater in Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands. Private First Class Spencer was killed in action on February 24, 1945, in Germany. He is buried in Block 24, Section C, Grave 13692, Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Source: Ancestry/Find a Grave